David Cheng Chang

The Hijacked War

The Story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on newly declassified archival materials from China, Taiwan, and the United States and interviews with surviving Chinese and North Korean prisoners of war, Chang depicts the struggle over prisoner repatriation that dominated the second half of the Korean War, from late 1951 to July 1953, in the prisoners' own words.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 936g
• ISBN-13: 9781503604605
• ISBN-10: 1503604608
• Artikelnr.: 48861542

Autorenporträt

David Cheng Chang is Assistant Professor of History at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Fleeing or Embracing the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
2. Reforming Former Nationalists
3. Desperados and Volunteers
4. Chiang, MacArthur, Truman, and NSC-81/1
5. Defectors and Prisoners in the First Three Chinese Offensives
6. Ridgway's Turnaround, MacArthur's Exit, and Taiwan's Entry
7. The Fifth Offensive Debacle
8. Civil War in the POW Camps
9. The Debate over Prisoner Repatriation in Washington, Panmunjom, and
Taipei
10. Screening: "Voluntary Repatriation" Turns Violent
11. General Dodd's Kidnapping and General Boatner's Crackdown
12. China Hands on Koje and Cheju
13. October 1 Massacre on Cheju
14. Exchanges and "Explanation"
15. Prisoner-Agents of Unit 8240
16. Aftermath
Conclusion